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On campus, you’ll find lots of great resources, facilities and, most importantly, a friendly environment. Lots of the courses overlap or collaborate, so you’ll meet plenty of new friends studying other subjects.

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Established in 1885 as a specialist institution, Arts University Bournemouth is a leading University offering high quality specialist education in art, design, media and performance across the creative industries.

We’re passionate about the creative subjects we teach and continue to encourage curiosity, risk-taking and adventure in exploring and pushing subject knowledge and its boundaries.

The University is situated two miles from the centre of Bournemouth, on the border between Bournemouth and Poole. Here are details on how to get in touch and how find us.

At AUB, our flourishing research and scholarship culture celebrates and enables original investigation; extending knowledge fields and developing new understanding within the arts.

By promoting the pursuit of innovation and creativity, we encourage opportunities for establishing and sharing best practice in research and foster the development of critical perspectives that have traditionally lain outside discrete disciplines. We encourage the use of reflective teaching and learning practices as part of an interactive relationship with research.

Staff research is supported from within AUB by grants for particular projects and by a Research Fellowship programme offering generous remission from teaching and administration. Researchers are also encouraged to apply for external funding for the full range of research from practice through history and theory.

A proactive Research Forum enables staff to present work in progress and to hear and participate in discussions of research by distinguished visitors. Training and advice is available to those intending to apply for external funding.

The University occupies a significant position in the cultural nexus of the south west. The University’s own Gallery is an important showcase for creative work and there are established links with other arts institutions in the area.

CALLING ALL ARTS, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES – BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS THROUGH THE SORRENTO DESIGN PROGRAMME

Published 15th June 2018

Architecture, design and arts students and graduates are being urged to take up a unique opportunity to boost their skills with a two-week programme in Italy.

Arts University Bournemouth is delighted to be working with the Sorrento Design Programme, based in the Bay of Naples, to allow students and graduates to expand their skills, both through practical and app-based methods.

During the two-week programme students will learn about the traditional wood inlay techniques of the region’s artisan craftspeople. Students will then be able to take the process further by designing their own projects based on these teachings – this could be a beautiful wood inlayed piece for design or architecture students, or completed code for computer science students, who will have the chance to help create a ground-breaking design-method app. These works can then be brought home to be used in AUB projects.

The programme is a collaboration between Ausbuilding Studio and the Museo Muta in Sorrento. Students will be working from their workshop in the heart of Sorrento – an ancient coastal town overlooking the Bay of Naples and close to Mount Vesuvius.

Students will learn specialist skills applied in innovative ways, helping to reinterpret skills and wisdom handed down from generation to generation. Students will have the chance to connect with local architects, designers and craftspeople in the Amalfi Coast region, with a design showcase displaying the results in Museo Muta.

This programme will suit students or graduates of architecture, design or the arts who are looking to expand their skill-set and build their experience of living and working abroad.

Running from November 5 -17 2018, the course is now open for applications. There is subsidised accommodation in Sorrento town available for early applicants and flights to Naples and the train to Sorrento are both inexpensive.

AUB students and graduates will have priority access to this fascinating programme. For more information, please contact David Getzin: dg@ausbildung.studio or Dr. Christian Mclening: cmclening@aub.ac.uk.

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